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JimInOz
路路Melbourne AustraliaEspecially after one got away when I was undoing it. 馃槻馃槨
There is an incredible amount of stored power in that sharp edged coil of steel.
Every time I handle one all bound up my testicles seem to shrink a bit.
Thought some of the tech heads might be interested, so here goes.
This is how you get them, they need to be wound tighter , the binder cut and a C clamp placed around the outside.
In an ideal world, I'd buy one of these, but as I only do about one clock a year, not financial sense really.
So I need something to unwind and wind mainsprings without opening an artery, so I made this. Shown getting ready to wind an eight day mainspring.
And here after successfully winding and capturing the little bugger.
Unscrew the bridge and there we are.
On the left, the one done in my new winder, on the right, a hand wound one (it would never fit into the movement though). To install in the clock, it has to be rewound up tight and the binding replaced with a steel C clamp (shown in the professional winder photo).
I'm still trying to figure out how to do barrel springs (top one). They are a challenge. 馃榿
There is an incredible amount of stored power in that sharp edged coil of steel.
Every time I handle one all bound up my testicles seem to shrink a bit.
Thought some of the tech heads might be interested, so here goes.
This is how you get them, they need to be wound tighter , the binder cut and a C clamp placed around the outside.
In an ideal world, I'd buy one of these, but as I only do about one clock a year, not financial sense really.
So I need something to unwind and wind mainsprings without opening an artery, so I made this. Shown getting ready to wind an eight day mainspring.
And here after successfully winding and capturing the little bugger.
Unscrew the bridge and there we are.
On the left, the one done in my new winder, on the right, a hand wound one (it would never fit into the movement though). To install in the clock, it has to be rewound up tight and the binding replaced with a steel C clamp (shown in the professional winder photo).
I'm still trying to figure out how to do barrel springs (top one). They are a challenge. 馃榿
